Creating a Model Mix

You create the model mix that you want to base the line balance on. The system needs the model mix to determine the work content .

Creating a Line Balance

You create an iPPE object for the line balance and specify validity periods for this line balance.

Checking the Process Structures

You check whether the components have been correctly assigned.

If you work with alternative line structures, you check whether you have created the correct activities for the lines/line segments belonging to groups of alternative lines, and activities for multiple work centers.

Assignment of Activities

You access the line structure again using the Line Balance iPPE object and assign the activities.

Assignment of Production Resources

You can also assign production resources to elements in the line structure to represent the available capacity at the line segments. You can increase the available capacity. To do so, increase the number of assigned production resources in the Number field on the Production Resources tab page for the line element. In the SAP APO, you can check the utilization of capacity at the line segment using the actual production program. For more information, see Capacity Utilization in the APO documentation on the planning matrix.